How to find and remove duplicate items in your iTunes library

  • Last Modified: October 15, 2008
  • Article: HT2905

Summary

You may sometimes see an item displayed more than once in your iTunes library. To find and remove all items that show up more than once in your library follow the steps below.

Products Affected

iTunes 7 for Windows, iTunes 7 for Mac OS X, iTunes 8 for Windows, iTunes 8 for Mac

  1. Hold the Alt or Option key down and choose File > Show Exact Duplicates.


  2. Sort by 'Date Added' by clicking the Date Added column.


  3. To delete the older items, click on the item with the oldest date, hold down the Shift key and click on the older item next to the most current date. Then delete the duplicate items by choosing Edit > Delete.


Note: If you have the same content synced with another computer, you will need to make sure that you replace the older content with the newer content in your library.

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